- April 19, 2024
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Stuart Fenton serves a friend at the Southside Farm to Fork Family Feast.
Gia Ferreira, Kane Piccirillo, Remy Craddock and Dalton Anderson wait to check in guests.
Piper Mulligan, Liliana Casanas and Scarlett Bird
Owen Boyle and Arav Sastry
Joe Feldman gets served by his daughter, Brooke.
Zach Harshman and Noah Rominiecki
Ana Mikanovic, Madison Anderson and Judeah Deveaux
Francesca Varone checks out the desserts.
Amalia, Kizza and Malachi Matthews
Edna Casart munches on some bread.
Event co-chairs Susan Rigopulos, Amie Boyle and Becky Angelo
Colin Sellers and Davis Bailey
Charlie Rasool and Jacob Feldman
The students gathered to listen to what Principal Steven Dragon had to say.
Southside Elementary School students served a memorable dinner to some lucky guests at the annual Farm to Fork Family Feast.
The dinner, held at The Francis in downtown Sarasota on Jan. 25, featured cuisine made from food harvested from the school’s garden. Students tended to the tomatoes, kale, bok choy, lettuce, eggplant, broccoli, strawberries, peppers, cabbage, carrots and basil — more than 54 pounds of it.
After the food was harvested on Jan. 23, it was taken to The Francis and cooked into delectable bites, such as broccoli pesto flatbread, kale caesar salad, jumbo eggplant ravioli and strawberry orange gelee.
“It’s like an outdoor laboratory,” Southside Elementary Principal Steven Dragon said about the garden, “where you experience the real-world application of what you learn in the classroom — especially in math and science.”
The students who worked to cultivate the food also worked at the event, serving hungry guests and clearing tables when they were finished eating.
Proceeds from the event went to the school’s garden program.
